Huge week for the arts

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"Barb's Fantastic Tree " by Peg Allen at Maitland…

February 3, 2011|By Terry Hummel, VISUAL ARTS

There are soooo many big art events this week that I won't be able to mention them all here. The biggest is the annual ArtsFest, 10 days of free arts and cultural events (there are more than 200) that begins today and runs through Feb. 13 in Orange, Lake, Osceola and Seminole counties. As part of ArtsFest, Orange County's director of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Terry Olson, will lead a walking tour of downtown Orlando on Saturday and six Winter Park Scenic Boat Backyard Art tours next Saturday. For more on ArtsFest, read Read Matthew J. Palm's story on pages 3 and 4 of today's Calendar section. For complete listings and schedules, go to ArtsFestFL.com.

Impressions

Impressions Orlando is the inaugural invitational contemporary print and limited edition artwork fair for the new UCF Center for Emerging Media in downtown Orlando (500 W. Livingston St., 407-235-3619). UCF's Flying Horse Editions is nationally recognized for its fine-art prints (not reproductions of paintings, but fine-art engravings, lithographs, etc.) and is co-sponsoring this event with the Orlando Museum of Art's Acquisition Trust. Major print publishers and artists from all over the country will be at Impressions Orlando. This free fair is open Saturday (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m.-2 p.m.).

Nude Nite

Nude Nite, the annual mixer that features live art and performances celebrating the body beautiful, starts Thursday and runs through next Saturday night. Hours each day for the 21-and-up event are 6 p.m.-midnight. Nude Night will be at 503 W. Grant St., Orlando, near Target in the SoDo warehouse district. I'll have more details in next week's column.

More to see

•The Center (946 N. Mills Ave., Orlando) will open a solo show by graphite artist Jason Hunt. If you've been to almost any outdoor art festival in this area, you've probably seen his pencil drawings. The show runs through the end of the month, with a reception Saturday, 7-9 p.m.

•There's a documentary photo exhibition dedicated to a vanishing piece of Americana, the barbershop. Penny Jordan has spent years finding, photographing and getting to know the folks at our remaining barbershops. Her exhibition will open with a gallery talk, reception and a performance by the C Breeze barbershop quartet, at Crealde School of Art (600 St. Andrews Blvd., Winter Park), Saturday, 7-9 p.m.

•The Central Florida Watercolor Society will hold its annual Members' Show at the MaitlandArt Center (231 W. Packwood, Maitland). The selected works were juried from amongt its 145 members. There will be a reception and awards ceremony Saturday, 2-5 p.m.